shot to pieces

ADJECTIVE

anxious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afraid apprehensive careful concerned distressed fearful fidgety jittery nervous restless scared uneasy uptight

WEAK

aghast antsy basket case bugged butterflies choked clutched disquieted disturbed dreading fretful hacked hyper in a state in a tizzy in suspense jumpy nervy overwrought shaking shaky shivery shook-up solicitous spooked strung-out sweating bullets taut troubled unglued unquiet watchful wired worried sick wreck

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bold brave calm collected composed confident cool courageous happy inattentive quiet unafraid unconcerned unfearful unworried

WEAK

assured content indifferent peaceful tranqil unwilling

ADJECTIVE

confused

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baffled befuddled bewildered dazed disorganized distracted muddled perplexed perturbed puzzled

STRONG

abashed addled discombobulated disconcerted flummoxed flustered gone misled nonplussed stumped thrown unscrewed unzipped woolly

WEAK

at a loss at sea at sixes and sevens come apart fouled-up glassy-eyed mixed up not with it out to lunch punch-drunk punchy screwy shook-up slaphappy spaced out taken aback thrown off balance unglued

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear

STRONG

composed

WEAK

methodical ordered organized oriented separated systematic understanding

ADJECTIVE

muddle-headed

Synonyms

WEAK

abashed addled addlepated at a loss at sea at sixes and sevens baffled befuddled bewildered come apart confounded confusional dazed discombobulated disconcerted disorganized distracted flummoxed flustered fouled-up glassy-eyed gone misled mixed up muddled nonplussed not with it out to lunch perplexed perturbed punch-drunk punchy puzzled screwy shook-up slaphappy spaced out stumped taken aback thrown thrown off balance turbid unglued unscrewed unzipped

ADJECTIVE

tense

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agitated anxious apprehensive edgy excited jittery nervous restive shaky strained stressful uneasy

STRONG

choked clutched concerned moved moving shot unnerved wired worried worrying wreck

WEAK

beside oneself bundle of nerves fidgety fluttery high-strung hung up hyper in a tizzy jumpy nerve-racking nervous wreck on edge overanxious overwrought queasy restless strung-out unquiet up the wall uptight white knuckled wound-up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm composed easygoing laid-back unafraid unworried

STRONG

happy untroubled

WEAK

limp limpid loose relaxed slack uncaring

Example Sentences

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The defending champions' confidence is shot to pieces and teams must feel they can get at them.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

Though his short-term memory is now "shot to pieces", Mr Scott said, Dunn's recollection "of things 45 years ago is as good as any".

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2021

In an era in which attention spans are shot to pieces, you’d think we’d only be capable of gaping benignly at gifs.

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2020

The “rogue reporter” defence was shot to pieces.

From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2018

They were boys and men past middle age, and two veterans who had been shot to pieces in Russia.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

shot to pieces

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